Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 401 Hexi is the Minister of the Central Plains Emperor
After arranging the mission to Khitan, Zhang Zhao left his confidants Guo Tiance and Ma Yaozi to guard Xiazhou, and Luo Yuer to guard Yinzhou.

He led the Qiang leaders of the party and 5000 cavalry, and the rebel army regretted Shandu plus the fifth army town horse infantry with [-], a total of [-] people, and began to march north.

Zhang Zhao went north this time mainly to personally handle the matter of how to welcome everyone from Yunzhou.

The army and civilians of Yunzhou, headed by Wu Luan, the judge of the Datong Army, have resisted the Khitans for more than six months, and they have offended Yelu Deguang a long time ago.

This Yelu Deguang might spare the merchants and civilians in Yunzhou, and let them pay for their lives at most.

But for the generals of the Datong army headed by Wu Luan, they will definitely not be pardoned. If they are not killed on the spot, it will be considered Yelude's magnanimity.

In this way, the thousands of soldiers and tens of thousands of family members of the Datong Army will become the enemies of the Khitan people without mobilization.

Historically, most of them died on the front line of resisting the Khitans during Shi Chonggui's period.

This is such a good recruit for Zhang Zhao!
They are natives of Yunzhou, and they also have a deep hatred with the Khitan people. They will be the best pioneers to recover Yanyun in the future.

In addition, Zhang Zhao had just conquered Xiazhou at this time, and his rule was not stable. If he could take some Han people and Sinicized tribesmen from Yunzhou to Xiazhou for resettlement.

Then they can be used to defend against Khitan's harassment of Xiazhou, and they can also be used to defend against the party members of Yinxia's land.

However, when Zhang Zhao went north, he did not take the line from Yinzhou to Fuzhou.

Instead, it passes through the Mu Us Sandy Land, detours from Dijinze, and goes directly to the area of ​​Shengzhou East Surrender City by the Yellow River.

Zhang Zhao also took a trip to Youzhou to stabilize the hearts of all ethnic groups in the area.

As for the reasons for not going to Fuzhou, one is that the Fuzhou Zhejia had actually cooperated with Zhang Zhao once, and it could even be said that one hand had already been put on Zhang Zhao's side.

But the Zhe family in Fuzhou still has a lot of affection for the central government. Zhang Zhaoruo led his army through Fuzhou.

Whether Zhe Congyuan will agree is one thing, and the other is to push the Zhe family so hard, it is hard to say that it will have a counterproductive effect.

The second is that Zhang Zhao is still not at ease with Zhejia.

After the Li family in Pingxia Department disappeared, the Zhe family in Fuzhou was the largest and most prestigious Dangxiang family in Fulin area of ​​Yinxia.

In particular, they have great influence on some party tribes in Xiazhou and Yinzhou.

Who knows what Zhejia thinks about Zhang Zhao?

Although Zhe Congyuan communicated with Zhang Zhao several times, each time he was very respectful, and Zhe Dejian also respected Zhang Zhao very much.

But in the face of the future and destiny of the two families and hundreds of thousands of people, this little personal feeling can be completely ignored.

It can be said that Zhang Zhao cannot get too close to Zhejia until Zhejia shows his willingness to cooperate with Zhang Zhao in essence, or before he takes actual actions.

Sure enough, when Zhang Zhao arrived at Dongshou surrendered city, Murong Nobunaga, Li Cunhui, Chai Rong and two thousand Guiyi cavalry were there.

But the more than a thousand cavalry of Zhe Dejian and Zhejia did not show up.

"My lord, Zhe Dalang asked someone to report on his behalf, but his father summoned him, so he had to go back first."

Murong Xinchang's face and hands were covered with frostbite, especially those criss-crossed cracks on his handsome face, which seemed to have suffered a lot.

"It's hard for you! But your hard work is worth it. The Khitan people took Yunzhou one day later, which will benefit the development and growth of our Guiyi Army."

Between father and son, there is no need to talk about the scene, but when Zhang Zhao faces two thousand elite soldiers outside, he praises them very highly.

He bluntly said that they were heroes who drove out the Khitan thieves and defended their home and country, and they wanted a big reward when they returned.

"However, the Khitan Kingdom is still too powerful for us!
The boy approached to investigate. The Khitan leather army guarding the Yuanyangbo area is not to mention the equipment. The experience, combat power, and will belong to the elite. We only have three or four thousand of this elite, and they have at least three or forty thousand. "

Murong Nobunaga said to Zhang Zhao with some emotion, he has not been idle in the past few months, and he has traveled thousands of miles.

They not only went to Yuanyangbo, but also went deep into the grassland, and even attacked some small tribes of scattered Khitan and Zob people, and captured hundreds of prisoners and dozens of horses.

Yuanyang Po is located about two hundred and thirty to forty miles northwest of Yunzhou, which is Daihai Lake, the third largest inland lake in Inner Mongolia in later generations.

Khitan's Pishi Army established a tight cordon from here to Datong.

"Thus, even though a certain soldier came here with an army of [-], he didn't come here to compete with the Khitans, because we still can't beat them."

Zhang Zhao also sighed, then looked at Murong Nobunaga and asked, "What do you think of Fuzhou Zhejia?"

At this time, Zhang Zhao saw Li Cunhui approaching from a distance, and quickly asked him to sit down, and asked the two of them for their opinions.

"There are not many Zhe family members in Fuzhou. Someone asked Zhe Dalang, and then went to Fuzhou to recuperate for a while. It is estimated that there are more than [-] people.

But the folk customs are tough, no less than ours in Longyou, Hexi, and can send out tens of thousands of elite soldiers.If there is enough money and food, even more can be recruited.

But Fuzhou is small and poor, unable to support so many warriors, and can only live by relying on power. "

Li Cunhui talked endlessly, it seemed that he was well prepared, Zhang Zhao also nodded encouragingly, because what Li Cunhui said was true.

The folk customs in Fuzhou are tough, but they can't afford to support so many fighters. The historical positioning has always relied on the Central Plains court to act as thugs.

Moreover, under the encouragement of loyalty from generation to generation and the approval of the Northern Song Dynasty court, the Zhejia in Fuzhou has always been a very loyal existence.

"It's a pity that we are not yet the powerful in the heart of the Zhe family, otherwise, Zhe Dalang's father, Zhe Jieshuai, should come to pay his respects in person now.

But they are now facing the threat of the Khitans, and they will soon face our threat.

If the adults can show enough goodwill and help them counteract the Khitan's annexation ambitions, at least they can maintain a neutral but biased position towards us, and maybe they can be directly pulled over in the future, not necessarily. "

Murong Nobunaga also agrees with Li Cunhui's words, Fuzhou Zhejia is indeed a good partner.

But it is too early to recruit them.

Moreover, they are unlikely to follow the Guiyi Army into the Central Plains, but they are more reliable as allies or thugs against Khitan.

Hearing the two sons say this, combined with the performance of the Zhe family in history, Zhang Zhao also felt that he would not wait for the Zhe family.

And he also remembered a question, the Zhe family's ancestral home is in Yunzhou, and there are many Zhe family branches in the Datong Army.

If the Zhe family participated in the rescue of the Datong Army, there must be a large part of their kindness, which must be counted on Zhe Congyuan's head.

Then after Zhang Zhao returned to Hexi, would the Datong army stationed in Xiazhou join forces with the Zhejia Yong'an army in Fuzhou?
Perhaps, Zhang Zhao stroked his chin and thought for a moment. He has always been very respectful to himself, but this time he avoided seeing him so resolutely, and even called Zhe Dejian back. Zhao misunderstood the meaning?
The more Zhang Zhao thought about it, the more likely it was that the Zhejia had been able to occupy Fuzhou for hundreds of years, and they really had some tricks.

. . . .

Outside Yunzhou City, it was almost the end of March, the weather was getting warmer rapidly, and Yelu Deguang's mood improved a lot.

On the one hand, he ordered Han Zhigu's eldest son, General Han Kuangtu of the Zhangwu Army, to transfer 1000 people from the Zhangwu Army to Yunzhou, and recruited hundreds of craftsmen from Youzhou who could make various siege equipment.

As soon as the Zhangwu Army's 1000 people arrived, the Khitan's army outside Yunzhou City reached a scale of 5000 people.

Although 20,000 people were deployed on the front line of Yunzhou to guard Hunhe River and Yuanyangbo, the remaining [-] people are still enough to surround Yunzhou.

At the same time, according to the time, Yelv Chagao, who went to Shi Jingtang to ask for a second order, should have already received Shi Jingtang's edict to abandon Yunzhou, and started to rush back.

Yelu Deguang never thought about Shi Jingtang's daring not to fulfill the contract at all. If Shi Jingtang did not perform the contract, he would dare to lead the army directly to Yedu.

Anyway, after Youzhou is in hand, the land of Hebei will be opened wide, and it will be much easier to go south from Youzhou to Yedu to Pingchuan, than to attack Yunzhou, a fortified city built on the mountains.

The humming horn sounded, and the camp of the Khitan army, which was preparing for the meal, was covered with smoke.

The [-] army stretched along the Yuhe River from Baideng Mountain in the northeast of Yunzhou City to the foot of Yunzhou City.

For the envoys of Guiyi Army, Wu Da'er was the main envoy, and Cao Yanjing and Huixing monk Yang He were the deputy envoys.

A group of five 60 people, escorted by hundreds of Khitan cavalry, arrived at Yelu Deguang's imperial tent.

In the imperial tent, Yelude was quite satisfied just stroking the short beard on his chin, because the envoy of Guiyi Army treated him very respectfully.

Except for Huixing monk Yang He, the rest of the envoys and deputy envoys all gave him the great gift of visiting the emperor of Shang Kingdom.

If Xiao Shilu hadn't been defeated by the Guiyi army by the Hun River a few months ago, Yelu Deguang would have thought that the Guiyi army and that King Zhang Han were the most loyal subjects of the Great Khitan Kingdom .

Unlike most of the Khitan nobles who have shaved hair, Yelu Deguang was actually dressed as a Han Confucian scholar. Not only did he not have shaved hair, but he also tied his hair in a bun and wore a fashionable net scarf.

"Where did the messenger come from? Who sent him?"

Yelude squinted his eyes, and began to ask questions knowingly, with obvious dissatisfaction.

"The foreign minister came from Xiazhou, and was sent by His Royal Highness King Han of Hexi."

But Wu Da'er was quite calm, because he had seen this kind of scene a lot.

The Guiyi army was not welcomed by the Central Plains court, and they were often made things difficult when they were envoys. As for passing through Ganzhou, they were detained by the Uighurs, and when they passed through Liangzhou, they were robbed by Gamo.

"Foreign minister?" Yelu Deguang sneered, "Your lord, the King of Han, sent troops to attack the Dingnan army without permission. He is not a minister of the Jin Kingdom. He is not a minister of our Great Khitan who is bold and reckless at the Hun River. How can he say that he is a foreign minister?"

"My lord started from Hexi, and five generations of people have never forgotten their homeland for 50 years. They are righteous men and loyal ministers!
The Dingnan army disregarded the imperial court's order, occupied the ten major salt ponds in the imperial court's Yanzhou, and sent troops to attack, which is the way of a minister! " Wu Da'er was happy and fearless, and spoke loudly.

"In other words, King Han respects the emperor of the Central Plains, whoever is the emperor of the Central Plains is his loyal minister, right?"

Yelude narrowed his eyes and asked thoughtfully.

"Of course!" Wu Da'er nodded affirmatively.

"My lord, the King of Han and the millions of athletes in Hexi, are loyal ministers guarding the country's borders, and they should obey the emperor of the Central Plains."

Yelude made up a lot of things in his own brain, and his mind was a little confused for a while. He needed to clear his mind, so he waved to the servant beside him.

The servant nodded, stepped forward and said to Wu Da'er and the others: "The envoy from Hexi has worked hard all the way, Your Majesty asks the envoy to rest for a while, and I will summon you later."

　Today Jie Geer showed the cloth-covered iron armor and chain mail, everyone go and see it!Nurhaj raised his troops!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)